Iraqi artist

Ann and Mike met this Iraqi artist years ago. He's an interesting guy. He's a true entrepreneur in the sense that he creates his own artwork and sells it wherever he can. Some American troops made purchases and it reached a point that he feared retaliation.

His artwork is more pedestrian than he is... he's quite flamboyant. In America he'd be out and living a fabulous life. In Iraq he has a wife and two kids.

This is all that is left of his pottery. This picture doesn't do it justice. Those are all separate pieces that fit together as a collage.

Why no more pottery? Electricity in Baghdad has not been reliable since the invasion.